India, Dec. 23 -- Two persons have been arrested in Assam for allegedly posting objectionable and communally provocative content on social media in connection with a recent mob lynching incident in Bangladesh, officials said.

One arrest was made in Kamrup district and the other in Hailakandi district, police said.

In Kamrup's Rangia town, police arrested Mohammad Shaif Akhtar Ali for allegedly sharing a graphic video related to the killing of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh. The video was posted on Facebook and Instagram accounts and was accompanied by comments, which the police said, could promote communal disharmony.

The Rangia police arrested Ali following complaints lodged by the Bajrang Dal and the International Hindu Parishad-Bajrang...